Bay Area Air Regulator Approves Plan to Phase Out Gas Furnaces and Water Heaters

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District approved of a plan to eliminate emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from residential and commercial natural gas furnaces and water heaters. The regulator’s board of directors on March 15, 2023, adopted amendments to Regulation 9, Rules 4 and 6 to require new appliances to have zero NOx emissions. The new regul…